Pulse
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June 05, 2024
4 new judges appointed to Ontario Court of Justice
Four new judges were appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice, according to a June 3 news release from the provincial government. Effective June 13, Michael David Frank is assigned to Windsor, Joseph Hanna is assigned to Oshawa, Courtney Harris is assigned to Chatham and Liana Marcon is assigned to Oshawa.
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June 05, 2024
Articling student promoted to associate at Clark Wilson
A recent news release from Clark Wilson announced the promotion of Emily Davies to associate in the firm’s estates and trusts group.
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June 05, 2024
CONDOMINIUMS — Condominium corporation — Rights and obligations — Building management — Maintenance obligations
Appeal by appellant from application judge’s (judge) interpretation of parties’ agreement of purchase and sale (APS), particularly on cost sharing agreement. The appellant purchased two buildings owned by the respondents with the intention to redevelop them.
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June 04, 2024
Canada to provide automatic permanent residence to foreign nationals arriving under caregiver programs
Ottawa says it will roll out two new pilot programs later this month that will offer home-care workers from abroad permanent residence on their arrival in Canada.
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June 04, 2024
Hodgson Russ celebrates 35 years in Canada
U.S. firm Hodgson Russ is celebrating its 35th Canadian anniversary, a news release from the firm announced.
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June 04, 2024
New partner joins Dentons Vancouver
Dentons announced the addition of Manveer Bisla as a partner in the firm’s corporate and venture technology and emerging growth companies groups in Vancouver.
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June 04, 2024
B.C. law society benchers OK pilot project to help students experiencing difficulties with articles
Benchers of the B.C. law society have approved an articling placement pilot project aimed at helping students who are facing harassment and discrimination in their articles exit their current position and find a new one.
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June 04, 2024
Retirement for young and old lawyers, part four | Murray Gottheil
This is part four of my series on retiring from the legal profession. In the first three parts, I did not even mention “the Number.”
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June 03, 2024
SCC’s Wagner urges vigilance, strong defence against false information, justice system attacks
Canada’s top judge says elected officials should not attack the justice system or the judiciary, based on false information that could shake public confidence.
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June 03, 2024
No need for new law of tort to deal with challenges posed by artificial intelligence: law institute
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) has become almost ubiquitous around the world in the past few years, with a concurrent fear of what effect new technology is going to have on people’s jobs. But a law reform institute in British Columbia is also saying more focus needs to be put on what effect AI has on the legal liability of increasingly capable autonomous machines.